Brush-bridle.



No. 830,065. PATENTBD SEPT. 4, 1906.

J.TI.HART.

' BRUSH BRIDLE.

APPLIOATIOH FILED 0OT.11. 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 11, 1905. Serial No. 282310.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osErn T. HART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Brush- Bridle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brush-bridles; and its object is to provide an adjustable device of this character which may be placed about the brush at a desired distance below the binding thereof and which is supported from said binding by means of resilient arms capable of bending in all directions, so that the action ofthe brush will not be in any wise retarded.

Another object is to provide novel means for connecting these flexible arms to the I bridle.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a'view of a conventional brush in side elevation with a fragment broken away and the improved bridle applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the improved bridle shown as an article. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the similar sections comprising the bridle.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The improved brush-bridle forming the subject-matter of this application is adapted for application to a brush of any usual form, as the brush 10, secured to the plug 11, which is rigid and may or may not be integral with the handle 12 and retained by the binding 13.

In its preferred embodiment the bridle comprises two similar sections each composed of a band-section 14, of sheet material, provided adjacent its ends with spaced transverse slots 15, and the ends are tapered somewhat in width to form ears 16, proportioned to pass through any of the slots 15 and be bent to unite the sections at any desired size and form a continuous band.

The band-sections 14 are provided at their middle points with wires or other resilient members 17, disposed perpendicular to the sections and rigidly secured in any ap roved manner, as by striking up a loop 18 of tlie material and inserting a flattened end 19 of the resilient member therethrough. At the ends opposite the flattened portion 19 the resilient members are folded back upon themselves to form the hooks 20, and a slot or aperture 21 is formed in the plug or handle for the engagement of the hooks between it and the band. The end 19 may be made rigid in any usual manner, as by solder, and as the two sections Patented Sept. 4, 1906. I v

comprising the bridle are similar it is obvious that they may be made by the same machinery, thus greatly reducing the cost of production.

The preferred manner of connecting the flattened end 19 of each resilient arm 18 to the bridle is to form parallel slits within the bridle, so as to produce an outstanding stra under which the flattened end of the arm 1s inserted. Said arm may be then secured by means of solder, as before stated, and it is of course obvious that the outstanding strap will materially assist the securing means in holding the arm in position and will prevent the same from being subjected to any undue pressure or strain which may detach the securing means if deprived of the confining action of the outstanding strap.

The slots 15 are spaced to conformto the standard sizes of brushes, and the sections may be united to form a bridle for use upon any common brush. The parts being united, the band is passed over the handle and binding and the hooks 2O engaged within the openings 21, holding the end of the resilient member rigidly attached to the handle. So applied the device not only serves the purpose of holding the bristles in compact form, but the resilient members yield when the brush is operated and return the brush to normal position promptly after each stroke.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is The combination with a brush comprising a handle, a plug having parallel slots in opposite portions thereof, bristles connected to the plug, and binding means extending around the plug and across the slots for holding the my own I have hereto affixed my signature in blll'istles in place; of alhriile, (and hooked 511111113 the presence of two Witnesses. t ereon enga in t e V in in means, t e, hooks of said arris being detaihably seated JOSEPH HART 5 Within the slots and retained by thejbinding Witnesses:

means. ALFRED V. HART,

In testimony that I claim the vforegoing as I EDWARD BARRATHUYL. 

